Situated north of Hong Kong there once stood the infamous densely populated Kowloon Walled City. What began as a military fort grew into a populous squatters’ village. 40, 000 people lived, worked, and crammed into 350 interconnected high-rise buildings on just 6.4 acres – all constructed without...

If I left you with that thought for a moment or two, I would imagine the first image you would visualise is white sand…literally – white sand, palm trees, crystal clear water bathed in beautiful sunshine. That is certainly what I first envisaged when my trip to the beautiful island approached, al...